KJV King James Version
The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Numbers 13:29
The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.”
WEB World English Bible
Amalek dwells in the land of the South: and the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, dwell in the hill country; and the Canaanite dwells by the sea, and along by the side of the Jordan.”
ASV American Standard Version
Amalek dwelleth in the land of the South: and the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, dwell in the hill-country; and the Canaanite dwelleth by the sea, and along by the side of the Jordan.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Amalek is dwelling in the land of the south, and the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite is dwelling in the hill country, and the Canaanite is dwelling by the sea, and by the side of the Jordan.’
Surrounding context — Numbers 13
26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.
27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this [is] the fruit of it.
28 Nevertheless the people [be] strong that dwell in the land, and the cities [are] walled, [and] very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they [are] stronger than we.
32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, [is] a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it [are] men of a great stature.
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עֲמָלֵ֥קH6002 · a.ma.leqAmalekיוֹשֵׁ֖בH3427 · ya.shavto dwellבְּאֶ֣רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetהַנֶּ֑גֶבH5045 · ne.gevNegebוְ֠הַֽחִתִּיH2850 · chit.tiHittiteוְהַיְבוּסִ֤יH2983 · ye.vu.siJebusiteוְהָֽאֱמֹרִי֙H567 · e.mo.riAmoriteיוֹשֵׁ֣בH3427 · ya.shavto dwellבָּהָ֔רH2022 · harmountain: mountוְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙H3669 · ke.na.a.niCanaaniteיֹשֵׁ֣בH3427 · ya.shavto dwellעַל־H5921 · aluponהַיָּ֔םH3220 · yamseaוְעַ֖לH5921 · aluponיַ֥דH3027 · yadhandהַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃H3383 · yar.denJordan
Cross-references
Numbers 14:43For the Amalekites and the Canaanites [are] there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you.Judges 6:3And [so] it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;1 Samuel 15:3-9Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.Exodus 3:8And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.Numbers 14:45Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, [even] unto Hormah.Exodus 3:17And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.Genesis 15:19-21The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,1 Samuel 30:1And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;Genesis 14:7And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which [is] Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.1 Samuel 14:48And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.Numbers 14:25(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.Exodus 17:8-16Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.Numbers 24:20And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek [was] the first of the nations; but his latter end [shall be] that he perish for ever.Psalm 83:7Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
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